Tens of hundreds of businessmen from both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and from 16 other countries and regions, including the Netherlands, France, Japan, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand, attended the fair, said a spokesman with the fair.

The fair is held by Fujian Provincial Government and Zhangzhou City Government, in cooperation with two floral organizations from Taiwan and one flower organization from Singapore.

The central venue of the fair is located in the suburbs of Zhangzhou City. The fair consists of 1,450 business stands displaying more than 2,000 kinds of flowers.

The fair will conclude on Thursday.

(People’s Daily 01/08/2001)